norman (age 29) wakes up

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It took me 6 years to compose norman (age 29) wakes up. The
first ideas for the piece (mm. 1, 12, 51) came to me during my senior
year at Stanford at the same time that Norman Rosenblatt, my muse,
appeared to me in a vision and taught me all the secrets of life.
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Other bits, like Ryan's solo, came to me during a long backpacking
trip I took of Europe in 2006. Other bits, like mm. 66 and 170,
were written at my parents' house in November, 2011. The last bit
(m. 152) was written in the line 13 of the Paris metro at the
suggestion of Elsa. All "norman" pieces represent a big step in my
musical life and this is no exception. A lot of the
thinking I'd been doing about form and jazz harmony for years
crystalizes in this work.